much more on this topic coming up, fair, balanced and unafraid. intelligence failures revealed. tonight the president's report on what happened before the attempted christmas terrorist attack on a passenger jet. i'm shepard smith. this is fox news. the intel report released. >> once people read it, i think there is a certain shock. >> ultimately the buck stops with me. >> fresh information on what went wrong and how a terror suspect apparently boarded a passenger plane with a bomb on christmas day. but sending for the boy bomber of yemen. tonight word of a hunt for a possible attacker and new clues about why that nation has become such a big terror problem now. we know much more about the

intelligence failures that led to that christmas day attempted terrorist attack. just hours ago, the white house released what they're classifying as a declassified report on that plot in which a nigerian airplane passenger apparently tried to blow up a plane by using a bomb hidden in his underwear. the report confirms the feds did have enough information to uncover that attack and potentially enough to stop the suspect from getting on the plane. but analysts failed to connect the dots for reasons that include human error. for instance, the counter terror staffers responsible for putting people on watch lists apparently did not search all of their databases for information on the suspect. and even some of the searches they did perform appear to have been done incorrectly. counterterrorism personnel also failed to devote enough resources to the terror group believed to be behind the plot, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. on top of it all, somebody delayed handing out the finished report on the threat. overall, the feds say today this

was a failure of the system and president obama says it's time to fix the problems. team fox coverage. jonathan hunt on the connection between the terror plot and yemen, rick leventhal with brand-new video from one of the latest air security breaches. let's begin tonight with major garrett at the white house. the president promised action. what changes now, major? >> reporter: let's start with the central intelligence agency, which under director panetta, issued a statement after the president concluded, making these immediate changes. first, he says he will, quote, formally disseminate information on suspected extremists and terrorists within 48 hours, presumably it was working on a slower time clock. now 48 hours or less. they also promise it will expand name trace. that means if they get a name, they will trace it through their databases more aggressively than they have previously. third, they will increase the number of analysts, they say, quote, will be focused on yemen and africa. not all of africa.

gentleman beauty and sew balance i can't. nations across the gulf of aidan, which are also implicated with yemen in building terrorist networks in what the national intelligence community fears are potentially fail safe breathing ground for potential terrorists. >> what does the president say will change specifically regarding security? >> aviation security. let's talk about that. some of what the president said our audience is familiar with. so far, department of homeland security and the agencies underneath will pursue enhanced screening technology, consistent with privacy rights. that probably means not full body scanners, but something in that technological realm. second, strengthen overseas cooperation on airline security. that is an ongoing conversation with mixed results. we already know that. $1 billion, already in the pipeline for better u.s. baggage and passenger screening. secretary napolitano of homeland security said she will seek more money for congress to expand that in the future. lastly, there will be more air

marshals on international flights heading to the united states, something our audience already was well familiar with. >> regarding the report specifically on the christmas incident, we were told by general jones that it would contain shocking information. as it turns out, i couldn't find anything new in there. what do we though about how much of it is still classified? >> reporter: we don't know how much remains classified. we may never know that. what we do know is this process today was delayed twice. the president was originally supposed to talk to us at 1:00 a.m., then 3 p.m ultimately it was 4:30 p.m why? because of a rather intensive debate about what to keep classified and what to declassify. what we do learn is that there was a fundamental break down in this new system of applied and created after 9-11. the c.i.a. and the national counterterrorism center are supposed to deal with each other and deal with each other rapidly and cooperatively. that didn't happen. let me read one key part of the report that talks about this break down. quote, the intentional redundancy in the system should have added an additional error of protection like uncovering an

attack. in both case, the mission to connect the dots did not produce the result that in hindsight it could have. the president in his remarks today addressed that failure. let's take a quick listen to the president. >> we knew that they sought to strike the united states and they were recruiting operatives to do so. the intelligence community did not aggressively follow up on and prioritize particular streams of intelligence related to a possible attack against the homeland. >> who is the they the president referred to? al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula. top counterterrorism and homeland security advisor brennan said what shocked him most about this quick review was al-qaeda and arabian peninsula moved from an aspirational terrorist organization to hard core, real operation element of al-qaeda that poses a real and present danger to america, one that's now very much on the radar screen. >> major garrett with the facts and figures. thank you. now to the yemen connection and new concerns tonight about the

terror threat inside that country. the suspect in this case reportedly admitted that he did, in fact, train with religious extremist in yemen. and the sight of the 2000 bombing of the uss cole. now there is word that security forces in yemen are looking for a number of suspected terrorists. suspected terrorists who are believed to have entered that country in the past few days and counterterrorism teams are especially concern about one teenage boy who is believed to have been recruited as a suicide bomber. our contributor and journalist judith miller reports the information comes from a number of captured terror suspects. >> more than one of them spoke of a 16-year-old who has been recruited and trained by al-qaeda who was being sent to aidan to scope out one of five preselected foreign targets. >> so as investigators look into

that, questions are being raised about what's happening in yemen. our team fox coverage continues now. jonathan hunt, what do we know? >> reporter: in the words of one expert i spoke to, everything in yemen is going in the wrong direction. the government is losing control of large parts of the country. al-qaeda is gaining strength. and foreign fighters are flocking there to answer the call to jihad, or holy war. but as that same expert of the center for strategic and international studies also told me, this is nothing new. >> serious people have been worried about yemen for years. >> reporter: many of us probably first paid attention to yemen when the uss cole was attacked in the port of aidan in 2000. many of us forgot about the country quickly after that. now we have no choice but to take notice. yemen may not be a failed state, but it is a failing one. among the poorest of all arab nations with a weak government, high rates of illiteracy and 60%

of its population under 20 years old. prime subjects for radicalization and recruitment by al-qaeda. military sources tell us al-qaeda operates two major training camps in yemen. our satellites can see them, but al-qaeda keeps a large number of civilians around them, making it harder to identify the real targets if we were to launch missile strikes. >> one of the dangers we have is to think that there is a clear military solution that we either see some ground or kill a certain number of people and then the problem goes away. that's not the problem of yemen. >> reporter: and even if we take out large numbers of al-qaeda members, the ranks of the organization in yemen are easily bolstered, according to our sources, with recruits from across the gulf in somalia, or across the border in saudi arabia.

transforming it, strengthening and supporting the government, building up the economy, changing the conditions that give rise to radicalism. but that can only be done if the yemen people want it and have the determination to achieve it. it is far from clear that they do. and even if we are able to help the yemen help themselves and remove the root causes of reallycallization, it's likely al-qaeda will move its operations to the next weak barely governed state. we may in a sense be doomed to a deadly serious game of what a mole, where we hit them in one country, only to see it pop up in another. that's one reason why every expert, every military figure accepts this a threat we will be dealing with for decades. the question is not how we destroy the threat, but how we manage it. >> jonathan, thank you. so everyone was wondering what shut down one of the nation's busiest airports on sunday and now we know. it was a kiss.

new video shows the moment the security break down began at newark liberty airport. now the feds say they're looking for the couple. when team fox coverage continues next, plus, did you know it's so cold in florida, that iguanas are falling from trees? that's coming up.

we're getting our first look today at the security breach that led to the closure of newark liberty international airport for hours on sunday. a senator from new jersey released the surveillance video of the moment a man got into the secure area. look at this. the video shows the guard getting up from his post and walking away. he was gone for a few seconds, but it was long enough for this to happen. an unidentified man ducking under the security rope as a woman stood nearby. then the man put his arms around the woman and walked into the terminal. see it there? we're told other passengers who saw it happen alerted security professionals. it led to a six hour shut down

at newark with departing passengers forced to evacuate and reenter the security checkpoint, while planes filled with incoming passengers had to wait on the tarmac. rick leventhal live at the airport. the video shows the guard had an earlier encounter with the man we're talk being here. take us through it, if you would. >> reporter: you can see the tsa agent approach the man. apparently asking him to leave the secure area where arriving passengers were exiting the terminal. so at first the man just moves a few feet away and then slides behind the ropes, apparently waiting to make his next move, which he does as soon as the guard leaves his post a second time to go and talk to someone else. the speculation is this guy wanted to steal a few more moments with this woman, perhaps one last kiss, before leaving the terminal 20 minutes later and authorities are still looking for him tonight. >> for the first time tonight, the transportation security administration is accepting responsibility for this whole thing. >> reporter: yeah, they have.

the t.s.a. saying in farther, video clearly shows that the officer's actions led to sunday's incident, saying it will use this hard lesson to reinforce the sharp focus and tight discipline at all our stations across the country and insure we maintain the public trust. the guard, by the way, has been reassigned to nonscreening duties and could be fired. >> rick leventhal reporting live tonight from newark liberty airport. fox weather alert now and it's cold. so cold that one meteorologist is using the technical term, brutal. wind chills, more than 60 degrees below zero in parts of north dakota today, or close to it. more than 50 degrees below in many areas. on top of that, snow is falling across the region. even the south facing frigid temperatures. forecasters say from south carolina to louisiana, wind chills could make it feel near zero tonight. in the sunshine state, iguanas literally freezing in their tracks. would you look at this? they have fallen from the trees.

they are used to a warm climate and apparently the cold makes their bodies shut down. they lose their grips and fall out of trees. fox news photographer found this guy frozen in a pool. we're told it eventually revived. the deep freeze around the country is not letting up any time soon. rick is in the extreme weather center. it's extreme tonight, my brother. >> yeah, it sure is. the big problem is it's been extreme for a long time. these cold temperatures, we've had blizzards and snow and temperatures not getting out of the teens, really for the last week and a half in across parts of northern plains. tomorrow, these are your departures from where you are typically are at this time of year. we're going to be about 40 degrees below where you typically are in areas that are typically around 30 degrees. we're talking about temperatures not getting above zero. this is tomorrow, by saturday, it moves a little farther towards the south. by sunday, we're still dealing with it. florida, one of the big problems.

these areas, lot of people don't have heat. we've got all of the crops here that are going to be damaged and people, if you're seeing temperatures that are dropping into the 20s for extended hours during the overnight hours, that's going to cause a lot of problems. people need to check their neighbors. a system moving through, not a lot of moisture with it. we're seeing snow around atlanta, snow across much of the deep south. heavier snow in towards areas of the north. chicago, looks like you're clearing up. but you're going to get a northeasterly wind and lake effect snow will kick in. we'll be talking about a foot of snow by the time you wake up in chicago. >> a foot. thank you, sir. there were four-inches of snow or was four-inches with a wind chill below zero when workers scrambled out of a plant in st. louis, dodging gun fire. it happened during a shift change at abb plant. it's a swiss-based company that produces industrial equipment. police say a disgruntsled employee walked into the building with what the cops describe as an assault rifle and a hand gun and started spraying bullets at his co-workers.

we're told several people took shelter by diving into closets or running up to the roof. investigators report the gunman killed three people, injured five others before killing himself, according to the cops. the gunman was reportedly involved in a pension dispute with the company, and one of several workers who sued that company over retirement losses. new information that employers may now be hiring more people than they're letting go. hopeful numbers. why you, the shopper, just gave major retailers across the nation a very nice surprise. that's ahead. plus, the next time you head to the lane, like so many do, take a look at what the bowling balls are made. coming up, why more americans are losing jobs associated with one of the country's most popular games and where those jobs are going. fox news is on the job hunt, coming up.

from stores like nordstrom to where we shop for deals, december was a very merry time of the year. many retailers today reported sales for the month, and according to the national council of shopping centers, there were almost 3% higher than december of 08. when stores had to drastically cut prices to move all their unsold merchandise. analysts are saying stores learned their lesson this year, slashed inventories so they could keep their prices higher. even as we learned today about a slight increase in the number of machines filing for jobless benefits, there were new signs that companies may be adding more jobs than they cut. finally. the labor department says first time claims for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 last week. one analyst describing that as trivial. meanwhile, the number of americans continuing to rely on jobless benefits fell by almost 180,000 from the week before. we'll get a more complete picture of the jobs market tomorrow when the labor department announces the monthly

unemployment rate for the month of december. and fox news is on the job hunt with a look tonight at the industry behind a great american pastime, bowling. it turns out most equipment for this popular game or sport, if you will, is no longer made in america. over the past decade, the u.s. lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs, more than 5 1/2 million all together. a lot of them went to mexico where labor is certainly cheaper. that's what happened to bowling equipment production. but now some of the companies that sent jobs south of the border are outsourcing yet again. steve streaming live in mexico city. steve, where are all the jobs going now? >> reporter: it was just remarkable to be here in mexico on a factory floor and to hear the exact same complaints i was hearing two weeks ago in michigan, that we are being undercut by cheap foreign labor. of course, this time the mexicans were complaining about china. >> finding an american made bowling ball today is not easy.

brunswick ball plant down the road, like so many other manufacturers here, has moved to mexico. leaving a few hundred middle aged workers like amy with no job, no insurance, and a house. in a town where everything is closing. >> you just can't be scared. if you get scared that you're not going to make it, you freeze. so what you have to do is say, okay. set a goal, i will make $500 this week. >> reporter: her mail order gift business caters to bowlers. she saw the end coming at the ball plant when workers were brought from mexico for training. but doesn't blame them. she points at corporate greed and at unions that push too far. >> michigan was pro-union. unions kill us. >> bowling shoes were the first to move south, then lane, then pins. finally the balls. but they didn't stay in mexico for long. the complaint here in mexico is the exact same one you hear in michigan. we are being undercut by cheap,

unfair, foreign labor. u.s. manufacturers who once moved to mexico are now moving to china, again in search of cheap labor. half the 60 jobs in this area have more cuts to come. the outrage is the same in michigan, only in spanish. >> for pennys, they're selling us out and moving to china, he says. after all these years, the american buyers we've worked with have no loyalty. shepard, you can see these factories are being crushed by chinese production. over the past three years, they lost half a million jobs directly to china. >> steve streaming live from mexico city. you can find all of our on the job hunt reports at fox news.com. once you get to the home page, click on the job hunt link at the top there. you'll find an interactive map. you can click on any city and find all the unemployment stories or employment stories we've done there. that's foxnews.com, on the job hunt is the link at the top of

the page. here is an american cleric and he is said to have connections to the attacks of 9-11 and the fort hood shooting spree as well. tonight the feds say there are new signs that he also knew something about the christmas day airplane plot. we'll tell what you we've now learned. plus, are leadership issues at the transportation department making us more vulnerable when you fly? we'll report, you decide, straight ahead.

i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report.

it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. the suspect in the botched christmas day airline bombing did meet with a radical american born imam in yemen. that's what the government is telling us tonight. it says that the suspect also met with other al-qaeda leaders before he headed off on had us mission. this is the same one linked to the fort hood massacre and some of the hijackers in the attack of 9-11. now more from washington. so they've been watching this guy since the attacks of 9-11? >> reporter: it's well documented in the 9-11 commission report that al-awlaki had contacts with at least two of the 9-11 hijackers in both san diego and virginia. the two hijackers were on flight 77 that slammed into the pentagon and it was through the web that al-awlaki is connected to major nidal malik hasan, the alleged shooter in the fort hood attack, which killed 13 in november. law enforcement sources say he

sent 18 e-mails to al-awlaki seeking religious and moral guidance. >> on the issue of mr. al-awlaki, yes, we were very concerned after the fort hood shooting about what else he might be doing here and that's why there was a determined and concerted effort after that to take a look at what else he might be trying to accomplish in the homeland. >> we know through multiple sources that he had contact with the 23-year-old nigerian suspect on board flight 253. >> so alarm bells were ringing. did anybody take any action? >> today republican ranking republican said in a statement, it's striking that the same factors and actors involved in the fort hood attack seem to be at issue in the attempt to bring down a plane. the white house still has not shared its fort hood report with congress or the public, but the one thing that seems clear is that the administration did little after it received the report on november 30 of last year, and for some context,

there is no time line from the white house for releasing that fort hood report and the report we expect from the pentagon should be out on january 15. that should answer a lot of those questions. >> live on capitol hill tonight, thanks. new questions this evening about why the transportation security administration still doesn't have a permanent director. we've been -- we've seen a string of security issues recently since that attempted christmas day bombing. for instance, just last night, police arrested a passenger in miami who reportedly yelled he wanted to, quote, kill all the jews, unquote. no indication of any actual terror connection there. but such events raise questions about air safety, no doubt. especially when we consider the agency in charge of keeping us all safe still needs a leader. brian wilson with the news. he's at virginia's dulles international airport outside d.c brian? >> reporter: hi. the man that's been chosen for this task by president obama is a man named errol southers. he is former f.b.i he is currently a security official at lax airport.

he needs senate confirmation and there is the problem because there has been a hold placed on the nomination by six gop senators, including some names you may have seen before. senator mccain, senator grassley, coburn, senator dement. they have concerns about an incident that occurred some 20 years ago when he worked for the f.b.i he basically ran a background check on the boyfriend of his ex-wife. he was censured by the f.b.i. for that and it's a big deal to senator jim dement. >> the fact is, after talking to some high level law enforcement people myself is mr. southers could not be hired as a screener at an airport based on what he did 20 years ago. >> reporter: southers has admitted the mistake. he talked about it at his confirmation hearings, but dement says he doesn't believe southers has come all the way clean about what happened some 20 years ago. comes at a time of uncertainty in the tsa. he has democratic support.

it's looking like there might be a messy confirmation battle. harry reid says he wants to move this nomination off dead center, but they're not back in session and still got a deal with him. back to you. >> brian wilson, live at dulles, thanks. there is more trouble for the chunnel. high speed train traveling from belgium to london brought to a screeching halt in the 32-mile long tunnel. top stories, we go around the world in 80 seconds. united kingdom, the euro star train stuck in the chunnel for two hours. a towing engine took it to southern england where authorities transferred passengers to another train which brought them to london. euro star is calling the trouble a technical problem. last month a series of troubles stranded dozens of passengers. bolivia, a bus smashing into a car. both vehicles plunging more than 200 feet off a cliff.

transportation officials say the wreck killed more than 20 people. police are investigating. one person on the bus said the brakes failed. cota roca, the national emergency. dozens of people in government shelters. activity around the volcano increased in recent months and ash has fallen on communities. cambodia. the country hosting a boat race in a southwest province to promote good relations with vietnam and thailand. it's called the friendship boat race. it also marks the 31st anniversary of cambodia's current ruling party. four boats from each country taking part. a thai team won the final run and got certificates and money and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. a group of american researchers now reporting that exposure to radiation from cell phones could help prevent some

of the brain wasting effects of alzheimer's disease. their study was done and it's too early to tell whether it has relevance to humans. they say after long-term exposure to waves like those used in cell phones or produced by them, mice that had been genetically altered to develop alzheimer's performed as well on memory and thinking test skills as healthy mice. we're happy for them. the study in the current journal of alzheimer's disease. most people read tweets, but soon you'll be able to hear twitter messages behind the wheel. it's just one of the new ideas ford is introducing at the annual international consumer electronic show where companies show off their newest gadgets. this year it's in sin city. there are a lot of new toys to look at. adam housley is live in vegas. hey, adam. >> reporter: vegas. here in sin city.

there is a little outside connection. we got these new radar detectors. three that ford is putting in the taurus as well as the lincoln. one goes in front, two in the back. as a driver, you'll be able to look straight ahead at the roadway and it will warn you 400 feet in advance, you never have to look away from the windshield in case there is a collision coming your way. on the back part, it protects you from cross traffic if you're backing out, or a blind spot. so that's on the outside. a driver can see the warnings as they get inside the car. inside, we go to the my ford touch system, which you talk about. i can call my father. if this is my car, i would say, call dad. so while it does that, it also have apps, twitter feeds read to you as you drive. you can hear great at that posted a nitwitter. it will tell you as you drive. there is ways to access pandora radio, satellite radio.

you can say, play the rolling stones, start me up. it will go to that song and play it as you drive. so you never have to take your eyes off. for example, they're finding that even with the touch system, it can take as long as 30 seconds to find a song. whereas if you say it verbally, it can only take maybe about four or five seconds. so a lot safer for a driver and you never have to look away. ford is doing this right now with the my touch system. it will be in the upcoming ford cars, taurus and lincolns as part of an app you can purchase, or you can upgrade the current ones, said to have the same type of system right now. this is some of the things you're seeing right now as ford and other companies are doing this safety feature to keep your eyes on the road. >> love it. start me up. thank you, sir. we're told he was a double agent, a double agent who killed seven c.i.a. agents and employees when he blew himself up in afghanistan. now the bomber's wife is speaking. wait 'til you hear what she says about his deadly act and what she knew of his plan.

that is next. plus, a new poll suggests a shift in political landscape that could mean bad news for democrats. republicans may have some troubles of their own. both stories, we'll explain, coming up.

the wife of that suicide bomber who killed seven from the c.i.a. in afghanistan says she's proud of him. she claims she was shocked when she heard about the attack. she says she's thought that her husband, the doctor, was studying medicine in afghanistan. fox news has learned he was a double agent, recruit to do spy on al-qaeda. the c.i.a. office was apparently thought he was so reliable that they let him onto their base without any searching. his wife told reporters he would never have worked for the united states. >> i think it's impossible that he was an american agent. he was too adversarial to work for america. he only could have used americans to reach his goals. i'm proud of my husband. he's carried out a very

important operation in such a war. >> she claims just ten days ago, her husband said he was planning to come home to her and their two daughters. fox news is american's election headquarters. three high proceed democrats announced they will not seek reelection this year, a new poll indicates a rise in conservativism across the country. according to a gallup poll, more americans call themselves conservative last year. that's more than either moderates or liberals. since 1992, there have been only two years when the average percentage of conservatives outnumbered moderates. we're told the rise is due in part to more independents calling themselves conservative. but while republicans may welcome that news, it's not necessarily translating to financial success. ten months before the midterm elections, how are the rips doing in the money category? what kind of trouble are we talking about? shannon in washington. >> right now the trouble spot seems to be with the group

that's responsible for raising money for those house races for republicans, the national republican congressional committee. you'll remember there were a couple of special elections in the fall for some house seats. republicans were not able to pick up those key spots and apparently that didn't sit well with potential donors. the man who once headed up these efforts says you have now got to convince those donors to look to the future. here is what he told us. >> i think as their hopes rise, they need to go out and say, look, we aren't going to close the gap. we have a chance to take back the house. >> of course, that will take 40 seats and i think we can all agree that's ambitious. >> it certainly is. there is good news for republican when is it comes to fundraising, i understand. >> yeah. actually pretty strong at the state level. republican governors association has reported a record fundraising year, $30 million and the man who heads it up, governor of mississippi, says it's happening at a very important time. here is what he says. >> the governors elected issue will preside over redistricting

after the census. state government really matters and many, many people see that state government affects their business and lives. >> reporter: so when we're talking about those governors being able to do the redistricting, that's eventually going to impact capitol hill very directly. right now, republican donors seem to be most comfortable with putting their money to the state races. >> all right. that's republican. what about democrats? >> reporter: around the house side where chris van locallen is heading things up, they're going gang busters. they're far ahead of their counter parts. they say right now, money is their bright spot. they believe that having money in the bank will also help them to attract a stronger pull of candidates and fight off any potential takeover, especially in the house by republicans. shep. >> shannon live in our washington news room. thanks. police are investigating the case of a missing mom in utah and they say they're now monitoring developments after somebody found a body wrapped in plastic about a two-hour drive

from the woman's home. her name is susan powell and our chief correspondent for the fox report, jonathan hunt is tracking this. what do we know? >> reporter: we just spoke to the cops in west valley city, utah, that's her hometown. they say they're monitoring this. they confirmed to us that the body of somebody, a person, is all they know right now, was found wrapped in plastic in a remote area of the utah-nevada border. that body said to be between 5' 4 and 5' 6 tall. that would match susan powell's height. cops say they are simply monitoring this right now. they do not know. they do point out that that location is on a direct line along the i-80 freeway toward the nevada border. right now they tell us they are monitoring developments. they have no further details. >> jonathan hunt in the news room. susan powell is the mom whose husband took their children out or says he did, in the middle of the night on a freezing night to go camping and days later when

he returned, she was gone. he is not officially listed as a suspect in this case. president obama spelling out what went wrong before the attempted christmas day terrorist attack and how he plans to keep it from happening again. much more from president obama and his top homeland security advisors in their own words next. remember this? we showed you this billboard last night. the white house was none too pleased. but now there has been an update in the past few minutes. that's coming up as fox report live tonight. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

the president called a screwup, among other things, that led a suspected terrorist get on a plane, head to the united states with explosives in his underwear. as we heard at the top of the newscast, the president said the buck stops with him. and he's ordering the united states intelligence and homeland security agencies to make changes and at the same time

vowing to hold them accountable if they do not. the president and top advisors had a lot to say about this. here is more in their own wordsr >> as president, i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. never ending race to protect our country, we have to stay one step ahead of a nimble adversary it appears this was not the fault of a single individual or organization. but rather a systemic failure across organizations and agencies. >> the department of homeland security works day in and day out, these are dedicated men and women. all of them are dedicated to the safety of the united states. >> i told the president today, i let him down and i told him that i will do better and we will do better as a team. >> here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality.

that is exactly what our adversaries want and we will never hand them that victory as long as i am president. >> al-qaeda is an organization that is dedicated to murder and wanting the slaughter of innocent. al-qaeda is determined to carry out attacks against the homeland. >> now is not the time for partisanship: that's how we will protect our country and pass it safer and stronger. >> president obama from this afternoon. the top republicans in the house of representatives says that president obama has to do more to show he hasn't gone back to a pre-9-11 mentality. the minority leader, john boehner said, and i quote, i appreciate that the president is working to correct the weakness in our intelligence and security systems that allowed this to happen, but i am concerned that the president has yet to lay out a real comprehensive strategy to fight and win the war on terror. he should start by reconsidering a series of troubling decisions that have made our nation less

safe. among other things, khalid shaikh mohammed and others should not be brought to civilian trial in new york city. the christmas day bomber should be detained and tried as an enemy of the united states. not as a common criminal. the president should reserve his decision to bring the terrorists currently held at the prison in guantanamo bay into the united states where they will be given the same constitutional rights as american citizens. again from john boehner, the minority leader. you can see the full report of that at foxnews.com/shep. that billboard in times square featuring president obama will soon come down. we reported on this controversy last night. photographers took the picture during the president's visit to the great wall of china in november. the weatherproof company says it bought the picture from associated press, but didn't get permission from the white house to use it in an ad. now the company agreed to remove the billboard. it got a lot of publicity along the way. the obama administration asked them to do so.

the white house cited a long-standing policy against the use of the president's image for commercial purposes. but they got it. just into fox news, we just heard from authorities in utah that the body on which we reported just a short time ago with jonathan hunt, they have now identified is not the body of the missing mom, susan powell. it was found, they tell us, wrapped in plastic and now they inform us the body is that of a hispanic male. updates on the powell case as we get them. number one, alabama, getting ready to take on number two, texas, for all the college marbles. everybody is making a prediction on this one, obviously. even an orangutan. that's after the break.

top stories coming up. first, you got cash on the bcs national championship game tonight? most of the money seems to be on alabama. before you get out and bet the

farm on the crimson tide, you might want to do the smart thing and ask an orangutan. bruno loves the l.a. zoo. his handlers gave him the choice between texas and alabama. let's say he put all his bananas on the longhorns. if you can't trust him, really who can you trust? updating some of fox's top stories, president obama says the buck stops with him on security failures which led to the attempted plane bombing on christmas day. the president also selling out a -- spelling out a series of changes to prevent failures. a disgruntled worker at an industrial plant shot three co-workers to death. it's some kind of cold in north dakota. temperatures today hit 20 below zero in parts of the state, with a wind chill all the way down to negative 50. and on this day in 1953, president harry truman announced to the world that the united

states had developed a hydrogen bomb. the president made the announcement during his final state of the union address. at the time, the united states and the soviet union were locked in what would be a long and bitter cold war arms race. in fact, the u.s. military had successfully tested the first h bomb two months before. they called it ivy mike and was far more powerful than the bombs used in world war one, world war ii combined. the mushroom cloud 11 miles high. in the years that followed, the united states tested many more hydrogen bombs as did the soviets, chinese and handful of our allies. but the h bomb went public 57 years ago today. and now you know the news for this thursday, january 7, 2010. i was about to say 2009. bad as a checkbook. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in tonight. a lot of news tonight of the because of that, we ran out of time for across america. you can check that out